Psychiatry Other job located in Mississippi

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• Provides direct, hands-on care for individuals who experience mental health crises, assisting them with physical care and daily program activities.

• Contacts supervisor in the event of an elopement, injury, or threatening condition.
• Participates as a team member to provide a nurturing and consistent therapeutic treatment environment.
• Develops a rapport with individuals and cultivate a safe and supportive relationship.
• Maintains client confidentiality at all times.
• Remains awake and alert at all times to provide supervision of clients and assistance when needed in activities of daily living including clients’ personal hygiene, household chores, laundry, medication compliance and meal preparation.
• Participates in program activities and outings assigned by supervisor.
• Provides program orientation to clients as assigned in a timely manner.
• Transports clients as assigned in a safe and timely manner. Signs vehicle in and out per agency policy. Completes inspection and documentation prior to driving. Ensures that vehicle remains clean and in good repair.
• Documents relevant events in a factual, accurate, complete, and timely manner. Follows correct case note format.
• Documents client concerns in a clear and concise manner and presents to supervisor in a timely manner.
• Assists in monitoring the physical environment of the facility, always ensuring the cleanliness and safety of the environment.
• Attends and participates appropriately in clinical staffing when requested to do so by supervisor.
• Responds to clients’ needs in an appropriate, safe, supportive, and timely manner.
• Demonstrates appropriate interactions with coworkers that promote a pleasant therapeutic work environment.
• Obtains shift report from departing coworkers. Provides shift report to oncoming coworkers that is complete and alerts oncoming shift of relevant concerns.
• Completes additional job duties assigned by supervisor.
• Monitors clients’ belongings for items of safety concern and/or contraband. Removes any unsafe or inappropriate items and reports removal to the program supervisor.
• Identifies and reports to supervisor in a timely manner any safety concern or any unusual incidents in the work environment.
• Screens visitors and telephone calls to ensure only approved persons are contacting residents as outlined on the client’s visitor log and in accordance with program policy.
• Completes housekeeping duties assigned by supervisor in a timely manner.

• High School diploma or GED.
• Valid driver’s license and current auto liability insurance.

Preferred:

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field.
• Experience working in a crisis setting.
• Previous experience working with adult residential population in a treatment setting.
• 3 years’ experience working in a mental health setting.